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Chapter 4: The Mysterious Light Cover

"Junior brother, this is the best defensive treasure I have on me... If it weren't for your life being at stake, I would never take it out," Xia Qiuchan said, rummaging through her storage ring and taking out a quaint blue disc.

"This item is called the Mysterious Light Cover. As long as you infuse spiritual energy into it, it will instantly form a layer of spiritual energy protection around you. With your cultivation at the third level of Qi Refining, activating this Mysterious Light Cover is enough to withstand attacks from cultivators at the fifth level of Qi Refining."

"This... is a Supreme Grade spiritual weapon? I didn't expect you, senior sister, to have such a treasure!" Chen Ze pretended to be shocked.

In fact, he knew very well that this was the worst defensive treasure Xia Qiuchan had.

It's really a case of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer in this world.

Even the worst thing someone has is a Supreme Grade spiritual weapon, while he can only pick up some broken copper and rotten iron.

He really doesn't know where senior sister Xia and master got so many good things.

It would be great if he could go with them one day.

"Isn't it just a Supreme Grade spiritual weapon? You don't know, senior sister went through a lot to obtain this Mysterious Light Cover..." Seeing Xia Qiuchan on the verge of tears, Chen Ze knew that she was about to put on a show.

After listening to a convoluted and illogical treasure-hunting story in silence, Chen Ze felt guilty and said, "Senior sister, I know this treasure is important to you, so it's only right for me to spend some spirit stones... Just tell me, how many spirit stones per day?"

"Ten Low Grade spirit stones per day... Hmm... And another one hundred Low Grade spirit stones as a deposit, what do you think?" Xia Qiuchan asked tentatively.

What do I think?

I think it's not great!

Chen Ze didn't say anything, but directly took out his storage bag and emptied all the spirit stones inside.

A total of sixteen spirit stones.

Then he felt around in his pockets and found two more spirit stones.

Finally, he scratched his boots and pulled out another spirit stone.

Throughout the whole process, Xia Qiuchan not only didn't stop him, but even waited for a while, as if she could accept it if Chen Ze took out spirit stones from his underwear.

"Senior sister, I only have a total of nineteen spirit stones. I can pay ten spirit stones per day for rent, but as for the deposit, I can only give you nine spirit stones," Chen Ze said helplessly, holding the nineteen spirit stones.

It's not that he's pretending to be poor, he really is poor.

On the day he joined the Azure Sun Sect, his family gave him one hundred spirit stones, as well as a set of inner armor that could defend and conceal his cultivation.

After arriving at the sect, he spent eighty spirit stones to buy four Qi Gathering Pills and one spirit stone on miscellaneous items, leaving him with these nineteen spirit stones.

Apart from these nineteen spirit stones and the inner armor, he also had one Qi Gathering Pill, ten sect contribution points, two High Grade spiritual weapons he found by chance, and one Low Grade spiritual sword issued by the sect.

This was his entire wealth.

If he wasn't really poor, he wouldn't have accepted Wu Liang's invitation to do monster-slaying tasks.

"Just this little... Junior brother, you're really poor," Xia Qiuchan said, counting Chen Ze's spirit stones in her hands, blinking her eyes, and reluctantly saying, "Alright... Let's do it this way. When do you want the Mysterious Light Cover?"

"Three days later, I'll come to pick it up," Chen Ze said firmly.

Although he had paid some spirit stones, he had ultimately achieved his goal.

Xia Qiuchan may be a bit stingy, but she still had some sense of goodwill.

You should know that the value of a Supreme Grade spiritual weapon is quite high. Even a regular Supreme Grade spiritual weapon would cost several hundred Low Grade spirit stones, and a defensive Supreme Grade spiritual weapon would be even more valuable. Xia Qiuchan was willing to rent it to him for ten spirit stones per day and only charge him nine spirit stones as a deposit. It wasn't in vain for him to "support" this senior sister for so many days.

"Well, you must come back alive," Xia Qiuchan reminded.

"I understand," Chen Ze solemnly replied.

"Junior brother, I'm hungry..." Xia Qiuchan suddenly covered her stomach and said softly.

"Let's eat in my yard."

Chen Ze was very accommodating.

He didn't find this request surprising at all.

"Well then, let's not be impolite!"

Xia Qiuchan's eyes curved into a crescent shape once again.

...

"The art of concealment..."

On his way back to his own yard, Chen Ze looked at Xia Qiuchan's petite figure ahead and suddenly thought of something.

Recently, there seemed to be thieves causing trouble outside the peaks, and many outer disciples had lost their spiritual stones...

And Xia Senior Sister knew the art of concealment and had a peculiar fondness for spiritual stones.

Could it be her who stole them?

The more Chen Ze thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, and a sentence involuntarily popped into his mind.

"Sister, you wouldn't want others to know about your theft of spiritual stones, would you?"

As soon as this thought appeared, Chen Ze quickly shook his head.

That would be too reckless.

Although Xia Senior Sister wasn't smart, her strength was not weak.

Compared to that, it was more practical to prevent his own spiritual stones from being stolen.

Even though he didn't have a single spiritual stone on him right now.

...

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Three days later, Chen Ze's courtyard door was knocked again.

"Junior Brother Chen, it's time for us to set off."

Chen Ze, who was cultivating in his room, immediately leaped up and quickly arrived outside the courtyard.

The person who came was Wu Liang.

Chen Ze looked him up and down, and compared to three days ago, there was no change in Wu Liang's storage bag except for three Qi Gathering Pills recently distributed by the sect.

Sure enough, what Wu Senior Brother said about preparing in three days was all a lie. It was only after the sect distributed resources that he planned to ambush him.

But this also relieved him.

Originally, he was still thinking that if Wu Liang had made some preparations and had other powerful cards, he might as well not go. Now he naturally didn't have this concern.

"Wu Senior Brother, it may take some time to eliminate the demons. I'll go and inform Senior Sister. Please wait here for a moment, I'll be right back."

Chen Ze said naturally.

"Okay, Junior Brother Chen, please go ahead."

Wu Liang smiled.

...

Half an incense stick's worth of time later, Chen Ze took the Mysterious Light Cover from Xia Qiuchan and put it into his storage bag.

In addition to the Mysterious Light Cover, he also brought the High Grade Defense Spirit Weapon, the Small Stone Shield, and the newly processed High Grade Spirit Sword, the Profound Gold Sword.

With two High Grade Spirit Weapons and one Supreme Grade Spirit Weapon, this configuration was basically comparable to the top second-generation immortals in the outer sect.

"Junior Brother Chen, let's go."

Wu Liang said, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly reminded, "By the way, Junior Brother Chen, I heard that there have been thieves causing trouble in the sect recently, and many outer disciples have lost their spiritual stones and pills."

After speaking, he intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the yard behind Chen Ze, implying something.

Chen Ze casually replied, "I've heard about it too. Don't worry, Senior Brother Wu, I have all my assets with me. No one can steal them."

Wu Liang smiled faintly, a trace of imperceptible cunning flashed in his eyes.

"Hehe, I have mine with me too. It's safer to keep them on oneself."

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